Jackie Chan sure has taken a nose-dive in quality. Not only had he aged a lot, but he hasn't been in a action movie since The Forbidden Kingdom. What has he filled his time with? This atrocity.
Bob Ho is dating a mother who has to leave town. So Bob volunteers to baby-sit. The kids, predictably, don't like Bob but soon, that all changes when he reveals he's a world-wide spy...
Jackie Chan really doesn't fit the role of exasperated father well. Neither do the kids or anyone else in this film. In fact, you almost guess everyone just knew this film would bomb and needed to buy a condo so they were in this dreck. But I will admit that I am being a LITTLE too hard. At least the film isn't as anooying as Alvin and The Chipmunks 2. It's better than a root canal (the Chipmunks made a root canal look like a chocolate sundae) and I guess an adult could take a nap during it. If you can ignore the adult video reference and a few bad one-liners, The Spy Next Door is a forgettable excursion.
Rating: 5.4 out of 10 or C-
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